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Rutger Hauer and C. Thomas Howell in The Hitcher (1986)

C. Thomas Howell: Jim Halsey

The Hitcher

C. Thomas Howell credited as playing...

Jim Halsey

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  • John Ryder: Gas stations have cigarettes.
  • Jim Halsey: What about gas?
  • John Ryder: I don't need gas.
  • Jim Halsey: What do you want?
  • [John starts laughing]
  • Jim Halsey: What's so funny?
  • John Ryder: That's what the other guy said.
  • Jim Halsey: What other guy?
  • John Ryder: That guy back there, the one we just passed. The guy who picked me up before you did.
  • Jim Halsey: That was him in there?
  • John Ryder: Sure it was. He couldn't have walked very far.
  • Jim Halsey: Why's that?
  • John Ryder: Because I cut off his legs... and his arms... and his head... and I'm going to do the same to you.
  • Jim Halsey: [Picking up the hitchhiker] My mother told me never to do this.
  • Jim Halsey: What do you want?
  • John Ryder: I want you to stop me.
  • Jim Halsey: [John had a knife to Jim's face] Please... I'll do anything.
  • John Ryder: Say four words.
  • Jim Halsey: Ok...
  • John Ryder: Say, "I want to die."
  • Jim Halsey: Say what?
  • John Ryder: "I want to die." Say it.
  • Jim Halsey: I don't know if I can say that.
  • John Ryder: Sure you can. Repeat after me: I...
  • Jim Halsey: I...
  • John Ryder: Want...
  • [pause]
  • John Ryder: Want!
  • Jim Halsey: [Whimpers] Want...
  • John Ryder: To...
  • Jim Halsey: To...
  • John Ryder: Die.
  • [pause]
  • John Ryder: Die.
  • Jim Halsey: [Notices the door ajar light is on] I don't want to die!
  • [Forces John out of the car]
  • Jim Halsey: Do I look like a killer to you?
  • Jim Halsey: Look, I think you better get out now.
  • [Silence]
  • Jim Halsey: . The ride is over.
  • [Silence]
  • Jim Halsey: . Goodbye.
  • John Ryder: I'm going to sit here. And you're going to drive.
  • Jim Halsey: Why are you doing this to me?
  • John Ryder: You're a smart kid... figure it out.
  • Jim Halsey: They'll catch you.
  • John Ryder: [Scoffs] Yeah... sure. So what?
  • Nash: Why didn't he kill us?
  • Jim Halsey: Let's go...
  • Nash: WHY DIDN'T HE KILL US?
  • Jim Halsey: [pause] Let's go.
  • Proprietor: Well, what happened to you?
  • Jim Halsey: Nothing.
  • Proprietor: Nothing?
  • Jim Halsey: Nothing happened.
  • Jim Halsey: [trying to get policemen to help untie Nash from between two large trucks] Why don't you do something?... FUCKING DO SOMETHING!
  • Captain Esteridge: You're gonna get yourself killed. And if you don't, you're gonna be in a whole lotta trouble.
  • Jim Halsey: I'm sorry, sir. It's something I gotta do.
  • Captain Esteridge: No, you don't know what you're doin'.
  • Jim Halsey: Yeah, I do.
  • Trooper Hancock: You spit on my wrist.
  • Jim Halsey: What?
  • Trooper Hancock: I said you spit on my wrist. Wipe it off.
  • Jim Halsey: [Watching John Ryder being interrogated] John Ryder.
  • Captain Esteridge: What'd you say?
  • Jim Halsey: His name is John Ryder.

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